De Palma

2015

US

1h 50min

15

Directed by: Noah Baumbach, Jake Paltrow

Cast: Brian De Palma

UK release: 23 September 2016

Documentary about one of the more acquired tastes of his generation, veteran director Brian De Palma. Co-directors Baumbach and Paltrow simply point the camera at their subject and let him talk, and he's a smart, frank and funny interviewee, assured about his successes and forthright about his failures. Engrossing.

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